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169.14.5d(a)
Statute ID:
15376
Statute Function ID:
33945
Traffic - Speeding - Speed in excess of adjusted limit in work zone
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Classifications
Offense Level:
Misdemeanor (M)
General Offense Code:
DWI/Traffic/Vehicle Regulation (4)
Offense Summary Code & Rank:
Traffic/Accidents(exclude DWI) (J) (Rank 28)
Detailed Offense Code:
Traffic/Transportation (499)
Offense Severity Level:
Function Text:
Petty Misd. that can be enhanced to Misd.
UCR Code
Description
999
NIBRS Non-Reportable
Flags
Crime of Violence:
No
Targeted Misdemeanor:
No
Predatory Offender Registration Review:
No
Enhanceable:
No
Certify to DPS:
Yes
Report to DNR:
No
DPS Group:
No
Conditional Release:
No
Payable:
Yes
Petty Misdemeanor Only if Prosecutor Certifies:
No
Third Violation Indicator:
Yes
Qualified Domestic Violence Related:
No
Nonviolent Controlled Substance Offender Review:
No
Wildlife Restitution:
No
Statute Number:
169.14.5d(a)
Enactment Date:
May 20, 2014
Effective Date:
Aug 1, 2014
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Traffic - Speeding - Speed in excess of adjusted limit in work zone
Statute ID:
15376
Created:
Jul 17, 2014 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
May 6, 2020 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
Corrected
Legal Analyst Comment:
Correction to text, second hyphen was causing issues at Hennepin County JMS
Summary Text:
Traffic - Speeding - Speed in excess of adjusted limit in work zone
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/169/14.html
Legislative Session:
2014 - Regular
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
May 6, 2020
(a) Notwithstanding subdivision 2 and subject to subdivision 3, the speed limit on a road having an established speed limit of 50 miles per hour or greater is adjusted to 45 miles per hour in a work zone when (1) at least one lane or portion of a lane of traffic is closed in either direction, and (2) workers are present. A speed in excess of the adjusted speed limit is unlawful. (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a segment of road in which: (1) positive barriers are placed between workers and the traveled portion of the highway; (2) the work zone is in place for less than 24 hours; (3) a different speed limit for the work zone is determined by the road authority following an engineering and traffic investigation and based on accepted engineering practice; or (4) a different speed limit for the work zone is established by the road authority under paragraph (c). (c) The commissioner, on trunk highways and temporary trunk highways, and local authorities, on streets and highways under their jurisdiction, may authorize the use of reduced maximum speed limits in work zones when workers are present, without an engineering and traffic investigation required. The work zone speed limit must not reduce the speed limit on the affected street or highway by more than: (1) 20 miles per hour on a street or highway having an established speed limit of 55 miles per hour or greater; (2) 15 miles per hour on a street or highway having an established speed limit of 50 miles per hour or less. (d) A work zone speed limit under paragraph (c) is effective on erection of appropriate regulatory speed limit signs. The signs must be removed or covered when they are not required. A speed in excess of the posted work zone speed limit is unlawful. (e) For any speed limit under this subdivision, a road authority shall erect signs identifying the speed limit and indicating the beginning and end of the speed limit zone.
